He gave up a lucrative career in the City to enter politics because of his concern about the damage that Brussels was doing to Britain.

The couple met in Frankfurt when Farage was a broker and the then Kirsten Mehr, was a bilingual government bond broker.

She gave up her career in the City to look after the children and work for her husband helping him with his correspondence.

Nigel Farage in pictures
Thu, December 15, 2016

Nigel Farage is a British politician who has been the leader of the UK Independence Party since October 2016.

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British politician Nigel Farage arrives at Trump Tower on December 15, 2016 in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration.

Mrs Farage has also spoken of the toll taken by her husband’s gruelling work schedule as party leader which meant he was up by 5am and worked seven days a week.

She said: “He doesn’t get a lot of sleep, he doesn’t get a lot of rest, he lives on adrenaline a lot, he doesn’t eat regular meals.

"Now I am beginning to sound like his mother, and he smokes and drinks too much.

“But if you have that sort of lifestyle I think it is what keeps him going, it keeps the adrenaline going.”